Daily Republican., 1887-11-28
THE ODDITIES OF THE BIBLE.
BY AMBROSE s oTTEY.

Number OF chanfers in the Old Tesla.
ment, 9ap; New, 26O.
0ut OF 81. 900 and upwards Of verses
In the Bible. IL 638 Of them commence
with the letter ga"
The word "and" occurs 46, ,277 times.
There are Ave books cut Of 65 which
baye only one chapter IN them, namely,
Obadiah, Philemon, q and Sd John,
and Jude. One with only two, HagRai.
Seven with tb,ea, Joel, Nahum, Habak
kuk, q .pnsnisn, Il TheesAloniEns,
| Titus and I'd Peter.
Blk books with four chapters, Ruth,
Jonah, Malachi, Oollossiaps, Phillip
!! pisns AMI ID Timothy.
Five with I've chapters, Lanenta-
tins, lat Thessalonians, James, LIST
Peter and 1st John.
The longest chapter In the Bible Ia
ths 1l9:h Pealm. It contains l76 yer.
sss, divided into % stanzas, with 8
verses In o starzs.
The longest verse is Esthor, oh verse
OF the 8:h chapter. II contains 425
lettsrs in tome Bibles, IN others 4-6
The difference is In the 57th word. In
some Bibles it is "a" In others IAN. "
The verse contains 10 words
The longest word Is found in the Stb
chapter and lst verse Of Isaiah. The
void contains Is letters, Maher sha!al.
hashbsz.
The shortest book Ia the Bible 10 the
81 Epistle Of John, containing one
chapter Of IA verses.
The shortest chapter in the Bible 1;
the 80 Epistle Of John, containing or {
chapter of IA verses.
the shortest verse OF the whole Bible
Is the 35,h verse Of the 1lth chapter o.
St. John, Jesus ~ept"
The shortest of ths Old Testament II
the 18th verse Of the lst onapter Of Is
Chronicles. 1t has three words.
The middle books of the Bible ar'
Micah and Nahum.
The middle book OF the Old Testamen'
is Proverbs. The middle book OF ttt
New is ID Thessaloniaus
The iddle chapter OF the Old Testa
ment is the 10th Of Joo. the miGdl'
chapter OF ihe New is the 18Th Romans
The luDge,t chapter OF the New res
lament Is the lst Of st. Luke. Th
longest verse Of the New Testament 4
the 4th in the Goth chapter OF Rsvsls
tion.
David wrote seventy.lhree Of tn
Psalms.
In tho books Of Esther and tn
Song OF Solomon neither the wor'
"6od" nor "Lord" Is found.
The 107th Psalm has fur verses alik
except one word the word Is differsn
In each verse, but II has the sam
meAning.
The 10Th chapter Of 2i Kings and tn
37tb Of Isaiah are said to De alike, bu
We dispute 1t, rs there is difference,
examined.
The 2lst verse of Ezra in the III
chapter contains all the letters OF th
alphabet, ard j being considered a
. one.
The 33d OF Numbers has forty.tw
verses, with the first two words alike.
In the 5th verse Of the 11th chapte
of Numbers, the word onions, mslon:
lee ks, garlic and cucumbers are found
The word cucunbers occurs twics
the Old Testsmenl--once in Isaiab, Ia
Twelve verses in the eth chxpter {
Deui eronomy begin with the wor
courses" and end with the wor
amen"
The 26.h chapter o: Exodus has 6
verses which begin with the hrst th1'
words alike.
The 10th chapter OF Nehemiah hos
verses with only three words IN tnem.
. The 25th chapter OF lst Chronicles hi
n % verbes which end alike.
The 7ih chapter Of Numbers has
q verses OF one hind, II OF another, II
!. | another, ard 10 Of another, that rel
word for W ord alike.
The words "Eear not" or "be n
afraid, occur sc times in the Bible.
The word "taith" is not found in 1
Gospel OF John.
The word "love' is not found
Acts.
Among the names and titles given
jesus / have found over 23O Giffere
, ONES.
, "God" or Lord are Expressed
over $50 different WAYS.